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At the quarterly meeting of the City Council yesterday a special progress report on the plague prepared by Mr. L. B. Blackwell, an officer specially appointed for the purpose, was read…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An ex parle application by unpaid debenture holders was made to the Full Court, consisting of the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Stephen, and Mr. Justice Owen for an order nisi for the appointment of a receiver to collect…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Now that the steed is stolen, the City Council, judging by the remarks of the Mayor and others at the meeting on Friday, are very anxious to lock the door. But…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →If the visit of the Plague brings about a radical alteration in our system-or want of system-in regard to ordinary sanitary affairs, it may prove something of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AT the Central Police Court on Tuesday afternoon last, before Mr. F. S. Is[?]es, S.M., James Anderson, 74, described as a gentleman, on remand from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the last meeting of the North Sydney Council the Mayor submitted a very bulky and voluminous report on the financial and administrative work of the borough during the year just ended…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The one hundred and seventy-second quarterly meeting of the City Council was held on Friday, at the Town Hall. The Mayor (Alderman Sir Matthew Harris, M.L.A.) presided, and there were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During the week the Mayor of Ashfield (Alderman John Mills), accompanied by his officers, has visited various parts of the municipality with a view to locating places which, in the imagination…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday morning Mr. Blackwell and his assistant, Mr. Fitts, inspected the various wharves, and in every instance found them clean and thoroughly disinfected. Notwithstanding the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The piague department of the City Council has ongaged a large number of additional men in the work of inspecting promises in the city as to their sanitary condition. This work and the task of rat destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of the council of the league was hold on Friday night Mr. O'Brien occupied the chair, and there was a good attendance of delegates. The hou. secretary of the new sports ground wrote saying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The City Corporation, at its quarterly meeting, on Friday, carried a resolution to abolish the Moore Park "tip," and cease to dispose of city garbage by the means there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Harstville Council at its meeting on Thursday last had under consideration two letters from the secretary of the Hurstvlle Progress Association. One asked that the Hurstville Council…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →For a long time past the financial affairs of the Borough of Leichhardt have been in a very unsatisfactory condition, and more than one Mayor has entered upon his year of office with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The chief event connected with the plague during the last two days has been the sickening of two members of the Dovey family. Very late on Friday night the condition of Mrs. Sophia Dovey,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After repeated requests the Water and Sewerage Board have resolved to compensate the Camperdown Council for the alleged destruction by the board's contractor of the council's streets…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At last night's meeting of the Annandale council the Mayor (Alderman A. Taylor) presented the follownig minute with reference to the buhonic plague: —" Owing to the outbreak of bubonic-plague I…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →When interviewed yesterday by a representative of "The Daily Telegraph," Alderman Taylor stated that his wharf at the foot of Bathurst-street (generally known as Russell's Wharf) contained…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, March 12.—The Lord Mayor of London has been created a Baronet. (The Right Hon. Alfred James Newton, Bart., is the son of the late Mr. G. Beeforth Newton, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following letter has been handed to us for publication:-- March 12, 1900. Dear Sir,--I am directed by the Right Worshipful the Mayor, Alderman Sir…
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